Grain measure ano register



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Grain Measure and Register.

No. 234,891. Patentd Nov. 30, I880.

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(Model) B8B. A. REYNOQDS. Grain Measure and'Register.

Patented Nov. 30. I880.

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lili BL'BHHT A. K-EYSOLUS, Ob FOWLER, .\li(Illl(i.-\N.

GRAIN MEASURE AND REGISTER.

8PEOIFIUAT1ON.forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,891, dated November30, 1880.

I A ppllcntion filed Srpternln-r H, tern. tflmlol.)

To all whom it may umcern:

Be it known that; 1, Di: EImERT-A. REY- News, of Fowler, in the county fClinton and State of Michigan, have invented cor taln new and usefulimprovements in Grain Measures and Registers: and I do hereby dcclarethat the following is a in, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which ituprtains to makonnd use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is an elevation-of one side of a device embodying theimprovements of my invention. Fig.2 is an elevationof the w verse sideof the same. Fig. longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is an ndelevation, showing the register; and-Fig. 5 is a view showing the bottomof the buckets so open.

This invention has relation to grain M8882; ores and registers employedin weighing ant bagging ain from the elevator of a thrashlug-mach no orclover-holler; and it consists- 5 in the novel features of constructionand com binstlon hereinafter fully described, and particnlsrly pointedout in the claims.

Similar-letters of reference indicatc.correspending parts in the severalfigures of the accompanying drawings.

A deal ates an elevator-head for a thrashing-|nncb no or clovenhuller,provided with the le B B, between the mouths of which is s l thedouble-inclined partition 0, (livid- 5 ngothe elevator-bead into twoequal parts. A ve thepsrtition C is a pivoted valve, D, which extendsnearly to the top or cover E of the elcvstonhead, and which is of suchnwldth that it will just comfortably work on its pivot 0 noside to sidein the elevator-head.

. F F 'm buckets. which slide over the lower ends of the legs B B, andwhich are provided with bells G G, which extend up the sides and overthe top of the elcvarer head at a little distance above the same, ns'shown. The ends of the valve-pivot! H are grovidcd with balance-levers ll', and rods J connect the ends of these balance-levers I l with theballs 06' n short distance above the top oi the so buckets F F. Bothends of the rods J J have pivot-connections. The bottoms of the buck- 3is a verticalchute X.

- eta F F are provided with downwanily-opening doors K K', which areclosed by retracting-springs L L, incased to protect them from thecontents of the buckets when tilled, and spring-latches N N',incnscd onthe ontsides 'ot the buckets, serve to hold the doors closed until thelatches are automatically released by the cords 0 0' connected therewithand with the sides of the elevator-head, as shown. Guides I in the sidesoi the elevator-head, near its top, guide'tho bails G G in an inclinedpoaition and toward each other. On the top of the elevator-head isplaced a pair of steelyards,- Q, of common construction, except that.the pivoted pendent hook Q is in the shape of an invertedarrow-hcad,'and a guide, R, is provided to hold. the enact thesteelyards in a proper position to permit the point of the arrow-headedhook to work in an opening, S,in the cover of the elevator-head. At thelefthnnd edge of the elevator-head is a hinged register, T, with asystem of wheels representing units, tons, and hundreds, ornnits,'hundreds, and thousands, as may be desired. It is hinged so thatwhen opened the wheels may be reset at any time when'necessary. The backof the register is open at 'all times, except when closed against thdcasing of the measure, so that to inspect the wheels or reset them it isonly necessary to swing the register open, when the mechanism will beexposed. No hinged cover or dooris employed. The state of the registermay be seen from the outside when closed.

The register is operated by the following mechanism when the bucketsare-o rated: From one of the balance-levers lor or the end oftheyalve-pivot or shaft 11 an arm, 0', extends upward, ahd is connectedby a joint with another arm, a} eitending downward from a pivoted arm,pivoted to the side of the elevator-howl. and extending to the let! ofthe same, where its point comes in contact with the first toothed wheel,a of the register when the latter is closed.- A tton or other suitablemeans is employed to hold the register closed against the elevator-heed.At the right of the elevator-heed is the conveyer- The device isautomatic, and its operation is as follows: One of the buckets should beelevated, so as to form an articulation betwmu the boil and thesteelyards. This throws the valve over the opposite bucket, allowing thegrain tornn into the bucket resting onthe hook of the 'steelynrds.Wheuthe number of pounds designated by the t lyards has run into thebucket it draws the 'ook down a distance equal to one-half the distancebetween the bails of the two buckets. respectively. As the bail of thetilled bucket passes downward the other-is raised an equsl-distance,'when the hook is caused by the hail of the receding bucket andthe forward motion of the empty bucket to pass from the one to theother, and immediately regains its former position. As the weighed andtilled bucket is lowered it operates the pivot H and turns the valve inthe elevator-head to the ogposite side, causing the grain to run into te empty'bucket, operating the pivoted arm W, and consequently theregister at the,

same time. As the descending bucket drops to its lowest point thelatch-string becomes tightened and withdraws the latch, allowing thebottom or door of the bucket to open by the weight of the grain and tobe discharged BEST AVAILABLE COPY into the sack or bag secured in anysuitable manner to the bottom of the bucket. When the grain has beendischarged from the bucket the retracting-spring closes the doorautomatically. Any suitable construction of the device.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a grain weighing-and begging device, the elevator-head A.'providedwith the legs B B, the doubleinclined partition G and the pivoted valveD, in combination with the sliding buckets F F, having the bails G 0,connected by rods J J to the balance-levers! I,

and the steclyards Q, having the arrow-headed material maybe used in the

